How long does it take to make a feature film? While there are plenty of outliers, a typical Hollywood project—from shooting through post—requires about a year or two. On the slow side, the animated movie “The Thief and the Cobbler” famously (or infamously) was in production for 35 years. Now, for something amazingly fast, we…
read more →When the Taliban threaten Afghan filmmaker Hassan Fazill, he, his wife Nargis, and their two young daughters flee the country. Filmed over the course of several years, “Midnight Traveler” thrillingly documents the family’s escape and subsequent search for a safe haven. A creative wrinkle is that Hassan, his wife (also a filmmaker), and their children shoot…
read more →One of the keys to making a high quality low-budget feature film is to limit the numbers of locations. Stef Harris’s “Blue Moon” demonstrates that this approach works. It’s intense, filled with surprises, and has some of the best performances you’re likely to see anywhere. Following the trailer, Harris discusses his unusual background as a movie maker.…
read more →Starting with his first feature film—”Sex, Lies, and Videotape”—Steven Soderbergh has been an experimental filmmaker. He carries on that tradition with his latest feature “High Flying Bird.” The obvious innovation–for him–is that he shot the movie with an iPhone. Of course, he wasn’t the first to do so. But as the trailer demonstrates, Soderbergh seems intent…
read more →A year ago, this magazine featured a fundraising video co-directed by Renee Faia, whose work we earlier featured. The money was raised and the short film—”Beautiful Dead Things”—is having an impact. The movie, co-directed by Ingela Ogard who was the editor, has been shown in film festivals around the world and just had its LA Premier as…
read more →Traditional trailers (aka “previews”) date back more than 100 years. In essence, they were TV commercials before the advent of television. Created for promotional purposes, the trailers usually consist of footage shot for the films they represent plus narration or onscreen text. Fundraising trailers (a.k.a. “faux trailers” or “fake trailers”) are a much new form (dating from the…
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